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aura (s) (noun), aurae; auras (pl)
1. An invisible breath, emanation, or radiation: There seemed to be an aura in the flower garden, or an indiscernible emanation or vapor surrounding the couple while they were walking slowly through the pergola.
2. A distinctitve but intangible quality that seems to surround a person or thing; atmosphere: The old villa had an aura or feeling of times long past.

Kitty's elderly mom still had that special aura that attracted Kitty each time they got together, even after so many years.
3. In medicine, a sensation, as of a cold breeze or a bright light, that precedes the onset of certain disorders, as an epileptic seizure: Gary felt the aura of an oncoming attack of migraine.
4. Etymology: from Latin aura "breeze, a breath of air, wind, air" and from Greek aura "breeze, breath".

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auditory aura (s) (noun), auditory auras; auditory aurae (pl)
An epileptic aura characterized by illusions or hallucinations: An auditory aura is a peculiar sensation or phenomenon only perceived by the patient and which precedes an epileptic seizure with dizziness, visual disorder, and sometimes disturbances of sound.
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aura popularis
The popular breeze.

Cicero's expression for the public's favorite at a particular time; also translated as, "Temporary celebrity".

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gustatory aura
A type of aura which shows itself in the form of a gustatory hallucination or illusion.

Gustatory aura is associated primarily with paroxysmal neurological disorders; such as, epilepsy and migraine.

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migraine aura
A sensory phenomenon that may occur before a migraine.

Visual auras may include flashing lights, geometric patterns, or distorted vision. Some people may have aural (ear) auras that involve hearing sounds (usually buzzing) that are not actually present, olfactory auras that involve smelling odors that are not actually present, or tactile auras that appear as premonitory physical sensations (giving prior warning of disease symptoms).

The auras experienced by migraine sufferers are similar to those associated with epilepsy.

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